Question

What is the area of this irregular figure?

A figure can be broken into a rectangle and triangle. The rectangle has a base of 6 centimeters and height of 6 centimeters. The triangle has a base of 6 centimeters and height of 6 centimeters.
54 Centimeters squared
72 Centimeters squared
216 Centimeters squared
432 Centimeters squared

Answer 1

b

Explanation:

Answer 2

Area of rectangle = 6 x 6 = 36 centimeters squared

Area of triangle = 1/2 x 6 x 6 = 18 centimeters squared

Total area = 36 + 18 = 54 centimeters squared.

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